Last week, members of WIN participated in the NeuroIS Retreat 2026 in Vienna, one of the leading venues for interdisciplinary research at the intersection of neuroscience, information systems, and human-computer interaction.

The retreat provided an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas with researchers from around the world, discuss emerging topics in NeuroIS, and receive valuable feedback on ongoing research projects. During the conference, our team contributed three research presentations:

Thimo Schulz and Leonardo Banh presented their research proposal “The Neural Recruiter: A Research Proposal for Evaluating Human-GenAI Dynamics in High-Stakes Decision-Making”, investigating how neurophysiological measures can help us better understand interactions between humans and generative AI in consequential decision-making contexts.

Fabio Stano and Thimo Schulz presented “Toward Multimodal Attention Detection in Virtual Reality Lectures: Combining Ear-EEG and Eye Tracking”, exploring the potential of integrating physiological and behavioral sensing modalities to assess learner attention in immersive educational environments.

Lukas Schick and Chiara Krisam presented “Towards Mental Fatigue-Adaptive Systems: A Pilot Interview Study”, which investigates how future systems could detect and adapt to users’ mental fatigue in order to better support well-being and performance.

We would like to thank the NeuroIS community and the organizers for an inspiring event and many engaging discussions. We are looking forward to continuing these research projects and bringing the insights gained in Vienna into our future work.

The conference proceedings are available online and can be accessed here:
https://www.neurois.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/NeuroIS-Retreat-2026-Preprint-Proceedings.pdf